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J. V. Farwell & Co., 112-16 Wabash, Chicago: lithograph by Edward Mendel (1866).
Though apparently not discussed in this 1866 Chicago guide book, pictured in a lithograph, surely paid for by the J. V. Farwell & Co. management, is this warehouse structure, built in 1856. The lithographer was "Ed Mendel."
The J. V. Farwell…
Dr. Seuss (Theodor S. Geisel, 1904-1991), among honorary degree recipients, June 1977, Lake Forest College
Dr. Seuss, Theodor S. Geisel, is shown here second from the right, among those receiving honorary degrees at Lake Forest College in June 1977--with College President Eugene Hotchkiss III in the center. The other honorees are, from the left, Cecil…
Theodor (Ted) Geisel, Dr. Seuss, at Lake Forest College, June 4, 1977, with Janelle Miller (Moravek), age six
Photographed here on June 4, 1977, after the annual Commencement ceremony where he read his now-well-known "Popovers" poem with its advice for the graduates, Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904-1991) posed for the unnamed photographer with the six…
For Old Onwentsia
In the form of a letter to members of the "Onwentsia Club," this is an argument against a proposed alteration of the 1896 laid out golf course. It begins with a considerably detailed rehearsal of the history of the club, beginning with "a miniature…
Annals of Onwentsia, Being a Brief Sketch of the Genesis of the Club by Slason Thompson, 1929?
This text is a "Paper read by Slason Thompson at the opening dinner in the Wigwam, November 3, 1928...," p. 5, the original 1890s frame building having been replaced by the the current masonry structure designed by Harrie T. Lindeberg, architect.…
"The Fourth Estate" by Joseph Medill Patterson and Harriet Ford. A play in four acts, 1909-11?,
This is a copy of a 1909 four-act play "The Fourth Estate" in manuscript with autograph notes and changes in more than one hand, copied from the original in the the Joseph Medill Patterson papers, Lake Forest College library Special Collections. The…
Samuel Miller and Isaac Winter with Boulder Commemorating "Old Mill" Location, Newport Twnshp., Lake County, IL, 1910
Lake County Discovery Museum County Historian & Collections Coordinator Diana Dretske reports that the two men are Samuel Miller and Issac Winter. Miller's father, Jacob Miller, "established a mill on Mill Creek (southern Newport Twp) in 1835,"…
Lake Forest University catalog 1899-1900
Full title and description:
Catalogue of Lake Forest University for the Year 1899-1900. Lake Forest, Illinois: the University, 1900.
This catalogue includes the three Lake Forest branches--the College, Lake Forest Academy (young men's prep) and…
Lake Forest College Catalogue 1905-1906.
Full title and description:
Lake Forest College Catalogue 1905-1906. Lake Forest, Illinois: 1906.
This catalogue for the academic year 1905-1906 for Lake Forest College includes also the catalogs for Lake Forest Academy and Ferry Hall, the Academy…
Lake Forest University catalog 1900-01
Full title and description:
Catalogue of Lake Forest Univesity for the Academic Year 1900-1901. Lake Forest: the University, 1901.
In addition to the Lake Forest-based programs--the College, Academy, and Ferry Hall--this catalogue gives summary…